MAX MON AMOUR
Year:
1986
Surreal comedy. A British diplomat discovers that his wife is having an extra-marital affair - with a chimpanzee. The relationship is serious, heartfelt, and sexual. The diplomat decides to invite the chimp to live with them.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Margaret Jones Charlotte Rampling
- Maria Victoria Abril
- Peter Jones Anthony Higgins
- Suzanne Anne-Marie Besse
- Hélène Nicole Calfan
- detective Pierre Etaix
- Robert Bernard Haller
- Françoise Sabine Haudepin
- Nelson Christopher Hovik
- Nicolas Fabrice Luchini
- Camille Diana Quick
- Margaret's mother Miléna Vukotic
- Archibald Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
- Dr Mischler Laurent Spielvogel
- zoologist Claude Jaeger
- cast member Thomas Austerweil
- cast member Pierre Bonnafet
- cast member Philippe Brigaud
- cast member Roselyne Brunet
- cast member Pierre Cherementieff
- cast member David Gabison
- cast member Eve Greter
- cast member Pierre Guillermo
- cast member Nicholas Hawtrey
- cast member Anne Kreis
- cast member Robin Steiger
- [Max] Ailsa Berg
Credits
Direction
- Director Nagisa Oshima
- Assistant Director (1st) Bernard Cohn
- Assistant Director (2nd) Yann Gilbert
- Assistant Director (2nd) Marion Lary
- Assistant Director (2nd) Laurence de Moustier
- Script Supervisor Monique Herran
Production
- Production Company Greenwich Film Production
- Production Company Greenwich Films
- Production Company Films A2
- Producer Serge Silberman
- Unit Production Manager Claude-Anne Paureilhe
- Unit Manager Loïk Nedelec
- Assistant Unit Manager Therese Kaufmann
- Production Manager Ulli Pickard
- Production Secretary Noëlle Audejan
- Production Administrator Jacqueline Oblin
- Production Administrator Jacques Baschung
- Studio Paris Studios Billancourt
Casting
- Children Casting La Courte Echelle
Writing
- Screenplay Nagisa Oshima
- Screenplay Jean-Claude Carrière
- Based on an idea by Jean-Claude Carrière
Photography
- Director of Photography Raoul Coutard
- Camera Operator André Clément
- Camera Operator André Clément
- Camera Assistant Jean Garcenót
- Camera Assistant Bruno Affret
- Transflex [Front Projection Photography] Paul Witz
- Gaffer Michel Vocoret
- Key Grip Jean Henneau
Stills
- Stills Photography Jean-Pierre Fizet
- Stills Photography Arnaud Borel
Editing
- Editor Hélène Plemiannikov
- Assistant Editor Catherine Sevetier
- Assistant Editor Florence Poulain
Design
- Art Director Pierre Guffroy
- Assistant Art Director (1st) Albert Rajau
- Assistant Art Director (2nd) Alain Guffroy
- Set Decorator Pierre Lefait
- Assistant Set Decorator Marc Pinquier
Costumes
- Women's Costumes Designer Bernard Perris
- Head Costumer Sylvia Panigel
- Costumes Assistant Thérèse Fournier
- Costumes Assistant Brigitte Demouzon
Make-up
- Chief Make-up Jacques Clément
- Make-up Assistant Marie-Hélène Duguet
- Special Make-Up Elisabeth Daynes
- Prosthetics Plastic Studio
- Special Make-up Effects Created by Ray Scott
- Special Make-up Effects Collaborator Stuart Artingstall
- Special Make-up Effects Collaborator Janice Barnes
- Special Make-up Effects Collaborator Jamie Courtier
- Special Make-up Effects Collaborator Diana Mosley
- Special Make-up Effects Collaborator William Plant
- Special Make-up Effects Collaborator John Stevenson
- Special Make-up Effects Collaborator Ailsa Berk
- Hair Jean-Marie Roueche
Titles
- Titles Maurice Binder
Film processing
- Cameras and Lenses by Panavision
- Laboratory Éclair
- Stills Laboratory Central Color
Music
- Music Michel Portal
- Bass Guitar Francis Darizcuren
- Clarinet Michel Portal
- Vocals Carole Fredericks
Sound
- Music Recording Celia Records
- Music Recording Jean Schwarz
- Music Recording A.D.S.R.
- Music Recording Georges Rodi
- Sound Recording Jean Philippe Le Roux
- Sound Recording Assistant Lionel Pauty
- Sound Mix Claude Villand
- Sound Re-recording Tri-Track Sync
- Sound Editor Adeline Yoyotte-husson
- Sound Effects Daniel Couteau
Stunts
- Stunt Consultant Claude Carliez
Consultant
- Chimpanzee Sequences Consultant Rick Baker
Publicity
- Press Liason Bertrand Raison